From moorej@mitre.org Tue Dec 19 14:12:42 2000 Received: from smtpproxy1.mitre.org (mb-20-100.mitre.org [129.83.20.100]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA59205; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:12:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from moorej@mitre.org) Received: from avsrv1.mitre.org (avsrv1.mitre.org [129.83.20.58]) by smtpproxy1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA15049; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:11:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from MAILHUB2 (mailhub2.mitre.org [129.83.221.18]) by smtpsrv1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA02006; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:11:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from dhcp-123-211.mitre.org (128.29.123.211) by mailhub2.mitre.org with SMTP id 5312930; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:11:56 -0500 Message-ID: <3A3F5CBB.43848E4B@mitre.org> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:03:55 -0500 From: "James W. Moore" Reply-To: James.W.Moore@ieee.org Organization: The MITRE Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en]C-19990607M (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James.W.Moore@ieee.org CC: John Reid , sc22info@dkuug.dk, lrajchel@ansi.org, keld.simonsen@dkuug.dk Subject: Re: (SC22docs.1074) SC 22 N 31942 References: <200012190927.KAA57907@dkuug.dk> <200012191237.NAA59004@dkuug.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John and others, I apologize for the sarcasm; I'm a bit out of sorts today. I stay with the point, though. If we all follow the same conventions, then the Secretariat will not have to treat us all differently. That, in turn, will lead to a reduction in error rate. The war over Microsoft Word was fought and decided in JTC1 long ago. We must live with the result. Regards, Jim "James W. Moore" wrote: > > John and others, > > This reinforces my opinion that we are all better off to stick to > established conventions even if they do not suit our individual > preferences. If the document had been a Word document in the first > place, no error would have been made in the attempt to redistribute it. > > As for the attachment that you have sent, my email system doesn't seem > to recognize the filetype of "application/x-sun-default". > > Regards, Jim Moore > > John Reid wrote: > > > > > Dear Members, > > > > > > It has been pointed out that the previously circulated version of SC 22 N > > > 31942 is incorrect. It appears that in my attempt to group the related > > > documents together I converted the text file to a word document and the > > > conversion from text to Word corrupted various elements in the document. I > > > apologize for the problems this created. > > > > > > Please discard the previously circulated Word version of SC 22 N 31942 and > > > replace it with the attached document. > > > > Oh dear! This reinforces my opinion that Word is not a suitable > > vehicle for standards work. The new version that Lisa sent you > > is just a text version of the corrupted document. The correct > > one is attached. > > > > John Reid. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Type: application/x-sun-default > > Part 1.2 Encoding: quoted-printable > > Description: N31942.txt > > -- > > James W. Moore, WC3 Standards Coordinator > The MITRE Corporation, W534 > For US mail delivery: 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22102 > For express delivery: 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190 > Office: +1.703.883.7396 Fax: +1.703.883.5432 > For MITRE use only: moorej@mitre.org > For everyone else: James.W.Moore@ieee.org (Same as moorej@acm.org, > and jw.moore@computer.org) > Please do not cc my various aliases! One is enough. -- James W. Moore, WC3 Standards Coordinator The MITRE Corporation, W534 For US mail delivery: 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22102 For express delivery: 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190 Office: +1.703.883.7396 Fax: +1.703.883.5432 For MITRE use only: moorej@mitre.org For everyone else: James.W.Moore@ieee.org (Same as moorej@acm.org, and jw.moore@computer.org) Please do not cc my various aliases! One is enough.